Designed by Pierre Chareau, re-edited by Galerie MCDE
Ceiling lamp composed of eight rectangular alabaster plates mounted on a netting of steel threads
Structure in black painted metal, square canopy
White alabaster with two available finishes: veined white or veined brown
Possibility to mix white veined and brown veined alabaster blocks
Discover the alabaster selection here
Electrification: Can be electrified for the country of your choice. If you are ordering for Europe, expect 230V and 110V for USA. Please contact us if you require a different voltage
CE Certification: Yes
UL Listed: No, if you require UL Listing, please contact us as this might be possible at an extra cost
Dimmable: Yes
Light Source Included: No
SUS 101A: 1x E14 (EU) or E12 (US) bulb, LED 4W max, T20 (EU) or T6 (US), max length 7 cm / 2.7″
SUS 101B: 1x E14 (EU) or E12 (US) bulb, LED 4W max, T20 (EU) or T6 (US), max length 7 cm / 2.7″
Lead time for a new production: 12 weeks (including summer holiday closures)
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Long before he built the Maison de Verre, his celebrated house of glass and steel, Pierre Chareau was already rethinking what furniture and lighting could do inside a room, and Boule Ceiling Lamp carries that same conviction. As an ensemblier rather than a mere decorator, he never designed objects in isolation, but as instruments meant to shape atmosphere, direct light and choreograph the way a space is actually lived in.
The Boule ceiling lamp suspends eight rectangular alabaster plates from a fine netting of steel threads, so that from a distance the fixture reads as a single luminous sphere even though it is built from flat, faceted panels. Hung from a black painted metal, square canopy, it is one of Chareau’s more sculptural lighting inventions, its alabaster available veined white or veined brown.
“No house in France better reflects the magical promise of 20th-century architecture than the Maison de Verre,” wrote architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff in the New York Times about the groundbreaking project by Pierre Chareau. Arguably one of the most influential works of modern architecture, the « House of Glass » stands as the most innovative example of Chareau’s genius.
The visionary designer brought modernity into interior decoration by his pioneering use of wood, glass and metal. By the mid 1920s he had joined the prestigious Société des Artistes Décorateurs and, in 1929, he co-founded the “Union des Artistes Modernes”. With some of his like-minded peers – including Robert Mallet-Stevens and Jean-Michel Frank – he befriended the most sought-after artists of his time, Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Amedeo Modigliani, Louis Aragon, Paul Éluard and André Breton to name abut a few.
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Team of specialist advisersOur team of design specialists are here to help and will answer all your questions and personalized requests
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Certificate of authenticityEach piece is authentic and certified
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Flint Terracotta
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Linterno Fabric : St Moritz/Nobili